Re: /lib symlinks problem? (was: Re: __fpclassifyd)

From: Christoph P. Kukulies (kuku_at_physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Date: 08/31/03

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    Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:47:40 +0200
To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>

    I found the problem with my system here:

    I had a libc.so.5 in /usr/lib of Jan 16. Concurrently
    the newly installed libc.so.5 lives in /lib.

    After removing /usr/lib/libc.so.5 the binary (httpd)
    worked.

    On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 01:54:27PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
    > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:19:07 -0700
    > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
    >
    > > Are you linking in libc?
    > >
    > > troutmask:kargl[207] nm -D /usr/lib/libc.so | grep fpcl
    > > 000b0040 T __fpclassifyd
    > > 000afff0 T __fpclassifyf
    > > 000b00a0 T __fpclassifyl
    >
    > I think the problem is, that some tools have a problem finding it...:
    > ---snip---
    > (3) netchild@ttyp1 % nm -D /usr/lib/libc.so | grep fpcl
    > nm: /usr/lib/libc.so: No such file or directory
    >
    > (4) netchild@ttyp1 % ll /usr/lib/libc.so
    > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 19B 29 Aug 13:57 /usr/lib/libc.so@ -> ../../lib/libc.so.5
    >
    > (5) netchild@ttyp1 % ll /usr
    > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7.0B 18 Aug 2001 /usr@ -> big/usr
    >
    > (7) netchild@ttyp1 % ll /lib/libc.so
    > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9.0B 29 Aug 13:57 /lib/libc.so@ -> libc.so.5
    > ---snip---
    >
    > I think a workaround would be to use absolute symlinks (at least as an
    > option).
    >
    >
    > David O'Brien wrote:
    >
    > > Yes, your libs + binaries are out of sync with each other.
    > > You may also have stale ".so" symlinks in /usr/lib. One gets this if one
    > > runs a certain 4.x binary on 5.1.
    >
    > This was an update of an -current since ever system from Aug 2 src to
    > Aug 28 src. I just tried to recompile cdrdao.
    >
    > Bye,
    > Alexander.
    >
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